Air Pollution Control Agency Law and Legal Definition

According to 42 USCS § 7602 (b), the term air pollution control agency means “any of the following:

(1) A single State agency designated by the Governor of that State as the official State air pollution control agency for purposes of this Act.

(2) An agency established by two or more States and having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the prevention and control of air pollution.

(3) A city, county, or other local government health authority, or, in the case of any city, county, or other local government in which there is an agency other than the health authority charged with responsibility for enforcing ordinances or laws relating to the prevention and control of air pollution, such other agency.

(4) An agency of two or more municipalities located in the same State or in different States and having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the prevention and control of air pollution.